Electric Car Fires Hard To Put Out, and Sometimes They Reignite, Boston Fire Official Says

Battery fires in electric vehicles are extraordinarily hard to deal with, the leader of the Boston Fire Department said. Paul Burke, Boston's fire commissioner, addressed electric vehicles and electric bicycles after a city councilor, Liz Breadon, asked him if he was aware of a method used in Newton for immobilizing electric vehicles after they're involved in a collision.

Battery fires in electric vehicles are extraordinarily hard to deal with, the leader of the Boston Fire Department said. Paul Burke, Boston's fire commissioner, addressed electric vehicles and electric bicycles after a city councilor, Liz Breadon, asked him if he was aware of a method used in Newton for immobilizing electric vehicles after they're involved in a collision.…